67-546: Star Search is an American television show that was produced by T.P.E./ Rysher Entertainment from 1983 to 1995, hosted by Ed McMahon , and created by Al Masini . A relaunch was produced by 2929 Productions from 2003 to 2004. On both versions of the show, contestants competed in several genres of entertainment. The show was originally filmed at the Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood ; it
134-656: A VHF station, while WFTC was a UHF station, FTS decided to switch the affiliations in 2002, with Fox programming going to KMSP and WFTC taking over the UPN affiliation. FTS then bought KDFI in Dallas in 2000 and WPWR-TV in Chicago in 2002 to create duopolies with Fox-owned stations, KDFW and WFLD, respectively. FTS also made two other trades in 2002 to create more duopolies. Former Chris-Craft station KPTV in Portland, Oregon
201-1243: A 50% interest in TCF Holdings , the parent company of the 20th Century Fox film studio. In May 1985, News Corporation, a media company owned by Australian publishing magnate Rupert Murdoch that had mainly served as a newspaper publisher at the time of the TCF Holdings deal, agreed to pay $ 2.55 billion to acquire independent television stations in six major U.S. cities from the John Kluge -run broadcasting company Metromedia : WNEW-TV (now WNYW ) in New York City , WTTG in Washington, D.C. , KTTV in Los Angeles , KRIV in Houston , WFLD in Chicago , and KRLD-TV (now KDAF ) in Dallas . A seventh station, ABC affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston ,
268-473: A chain of affiliation changes across the country and other multi-station affiliation deals for the next couple of years. Renaissance Broadcasting had previously sold WATL to FTS in 1993 to become a Fox owned-and-operated station, the first network-owned station in Atlanta. FTS was in the planning stages for a news department at the station, and WATL had even gone as far as hiring a news director. However, when
335-494: A deal with Rysher TPE for a production/distribution agreement. In May 1995, Rysher entered into a five-film domestic distribution arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The company closed the film unit due to underperforming box-office sales in July 1997. Later that year, in 1997, Papazian-Hrsch Entertainment struck a deal with Rysher to develop their TV projects. In 1998, Rysher collaborated with HBO to distribute some of
402-485: A new service known as MyNetworkTV , which commenced operations on September 5, 2006, with telenovela programming that was original to be syndicated. On May 23, 2016, it was announced that one of the Fox-owned former UPN affiliates that were left out of the initial negotiations for CW affiliation a decade earlier, MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WPWR in Chicago , would be taking over the market's affiliation with
469-661: A re-purchase) and KCPQ and KZJO in Seattle to Fox Television Stations, and would purchase from Fox WJZY and WMYT-TV in Charlotte. This gives Fox additional two bigger NFL team market stations in the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks while losing the Carolina Panthers market. On January 13, 2020, FTS launched Fox Soul , a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel targeting
536-484: A rotating celebrity panelist (which in at least one case was McMahon himself). Among the winners were singer Tiffany Evans , comedian John Roy and singer Mark Mejia. The revival consisted of four seasons. For the first season, the categories were Adult and Junior Singer, Comedy, and Modeling. In seasons two and three, Modeling was replaced with Dance. In the final season, the Comedy category was scrapped altogether and only
603-469: A special show. The winner in each category not only received a trip home, but a free pass to the final show. From then on, there were only two people who could be challenged in each Winner's Circle. In the final show, the three people in each Winner's Circle competed against each other for $ 100,000. This, along with the Free Pass show, were the only two shows which re-adopted the at-home voting concept. At
670-488: A station in nearby Bellingham , for $ 10 million; the purchase, submitted for FCC approval on October 3, was described as a "strategic option" for Fox by an insider. Tribune then agreed on October 17 to extend its affiliation agreement for KCPQ through July 2018, and pay increased reverse compensation fees to Fox for the broadcasting of the network's programming beginning in January 2015. Fox's application to acquire KBCB
737-813: Is a group of television stations in the United States owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company , a subsidiary of the Fox Corporation . It also oversees the MyNetworkTV programming service and has a half-interest in the Movies! digital sub-channel network, which is shared with Weigel Broadcasting . The Fox Broadcasting Company 's foundations were laid in March 1985 through News Corporation 's $ 255 million purchase of
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#1732772476336804-916: The Financial Times reported that FTS was finalizing a deal to acquire as many as 10 Fox affiliates from Sinclair, as part of an effort to reach FCC approval of its proposed acquisition of Tribune Media. The deal would likely include Seattle's KCPQ (as Sinclair already owns ABC affiliate KOMO-TV there), KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City (Tribune already owns KFOR-TV ), KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City (Sinclair already owns KUTV ), KTVI in St. Louis (Sinclair owns KDNL ) and Tribune's Fox/CW duopoly of KDVR and KWGN in Denver. This deal would bring several former O&Os previously divested to Local TV, LLC (which
871-477: The Thursday Night Football package from CBS and NBC . After Tribune terminated its merger agreement with Sinclair on August 9, 2018, however, the sale of the seven aforementioned stations to FTS was likewise nullified. On December 14, 2017, after rumors of such a sale, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would purchase FTS's parent company, 21st Century Fox for $ 52.4 billion, plus
938-518: The Ann-Margret CBS drama Four Corners from Columbia TriStar Television . The company's assets were acquired by 2929 Entertainment in 2001. They were bought by Qualia Capital, LLC. in 2006, and were merged with Gaylord Films and Pandora Entertainment. The combined entity became known as Qualia Libraries Co. and the brand name served as a limited partnership , and now owns the trademark to Hogan's Heroes . In 2011, Qualia Libraries Co.
1005-479: The Gaylord Broadcasting Co. , stations owned by Taft Broadcasting , and stations owned by Cox Communications . In the wake of American Idol ' s success, Arsenio Hall hosted a new version of Star Search , which ran from 2003 to 2004 on CBS. It would be rerun on GSN from 2004 to 2005. This new version was judged by four panelists, including Ben Stein , Naomi Judd , Ahmet Zappa and
1072-591: The National Football League (NFL), primarily covering games involving teams in the National Football Conference (NFC). Because NFL games generate high ratings, owning these stations outright allows FTS to also collect the local advertising revenue, as well as use them as leverage during retransmission consent negotiations with cable and satellite providers. The original 1994 affiliation deal with New World also triggered
1139-423: The 1992–93 season, a daily version of the show aired but was cancelled midseason. In the 1993–1994 season, the title was changed to "Ed McMahon's Star Search." Former MTV veejay Martha Quinn joined the series as co-host for the 1994–95 season, judging the musical groups competition. Star Search was typically syndicated on Fox Television Stations (before October 1986, Metromedia, Inc. ), stations owned by
1206-518: The 2000 acquisition of the Chris-Craft/United group, which gave Fox ownership of several stations then affiliated with the UPN network (which had been a partnership between Chris-Craft and Viacom ( Paramount 's subsidiary) until March 2000 when the latter company bought the former's stake), and also created several duopolies (two stations in the same market owned by the same company). When
1273-506: The African American community. Also in 2020, FTS launched LiveNOW from Fox , a streaming news channel jointly operated by KSAZ, KTTV, and WOFL. The channel carries live coverage of breaking news events throughout the day as directed by a small crew of digital journalists , leveraging resources and raw footage from Fox's local news departments. The service originated from a Fox 10 News Now webcast that had been run by KSAZ; amid
1340-610: The FCC granted its approval of WUTB to Deerfield Media, which was formally consummated on June 1. On January 28, 2013, FTS announced that 17 of their stations would be affiliating with new subchannel network, Movies! , which is a joint venture between FTS and Weigel Broadcasting , on their subchannels. That same day, the company announced it would be acquiring the Charlotte duopoly of CW affiliate WJZY and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV from Capitol Broadcasting Company . The deal
1407-742: The Fox network is a revival or at least a linear descendant of DuMont. The former Metromedia stations WNEW-TV (originally known as WABD) and WTTG were two of the three original owned-and-operated stations of the DuMont network, and the former base of DuMont's operations, the DuMont Tele-Centre in Manhattan , eventually became the present-day Fox Television Center. On December 31, 1986, WXNE-TV in Boston (later renamed WFXT on January 19, 1987), became
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#17327724763361474-684: The New World affiliation deal was signed, it was agreed that New World's and Atlanta 's longtime CBS affiliate WAGA-TV switch to the Fox network. As a result, Fox cancelled the plans for a newscast on WATL and put the station up for sale. Renaissance Broadcasting had also sold KDVR in Denver , along with its satellite station KFCT in Fort Collins, Colorado , to FTS on November 15, 1994, in exchange for acquiring KDAF in Dallas . One of original core stations that FTS acquired from Metromedia, it
1541-527: The Rysher library, which currently lie with Viacom's successor Paramount Global , specifically its subsidiaries Paramount Pictures and CBS Media Ventures . Ownership of the company's assets changed hands multiple times over the 2000s before finally being acquired by Vine Alternative Investments in 2011. Keith Samples established the company in April 1991, as an independent company, whose sole product had been
1608-774: The assumption of $ 13.7 billion in debt by Fox, subject to government approval. FTS, along with several other assets was spun off into Fox Corporation , a company owned by the Murdoch family. The deal was completed on March 20, 2019. With the loss of Twentieth Television in the deal, Fox Stations set up its own syndication arm, Fox First Run, despite some of their syndicated shows being distributed in conjunction with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Dish Nation has barter sales with Trifecta Entertainment and Media . On November 5, 2019, Nexstar Media Group announced an agreement to sell WITI in Milwaukee (effectively
1675-402: The champion performed second. In later seasons, the champion performed first. All acts were judged by a panel of four judges, and each judge could award an act from one to four stars (later changed to five stars). Once both acts were complete, Ed would reveal the scores, and the best average won. If there was a tie, a studio audience vote broke the tie, in which case the results were revealed at
1742-401: The chance to continue after an audience vote breaks the tie. Rysher Entertainment Rysher Entertainment, Inc. was an American film and television production company and distributor. It was founded in 1991. In 1993, Rysher was acquired by Cox Enterprises , and was subsequently closed in 1999. That same year, Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises for distribution rights to
1809-537: The deal to be aborted. Also that year, Cox Enterprises was in discussions to purchase the studio and helped them merge with TPE. It was considered that later that year that Gay Rosenthal was inking a deal with the studio to distribute their own projects. The Cox/Rysher merger was finalized, and soon afterwards, Rysher merged with Al Masini 's Television Program Enterprises to form Rysher TPE , its alternate name used from 1993 to 1994, and helped them to syndicate California Dreams , with Keith Samples remaining at
1876-428: The deal was finalized in 2001, this immediately created duopolies (two stations in the same market owned by the same company) between Fox and former Chris-Craft stations in markets such as Phoenix (KSAZ and KUTP ), Los Angeles (KTTV and KCOP-TV ) and New York City (WNYW and WWOR-TV ). Although former Chris-Craft station KTVX would have also created a duopoly with Fox station KSTU in Salt Lake City, FCC regulations at
1943-768: The distribution of the series Saved by the Bell (at the time, NBC could not distribute it in syndication due to fin-syn rules ). Encouraged by the success, it made its second move with their first foray into animation, Captain N and the Video Game Masters , the off-net syndicated version of the DIC Entertainment series that also aired on NBC , Captain N: The Game Master . Also that year, it attempted to merge with film and television production company The Kushner-Locke Company , only for
2010-472: The early seasons secured recording contracts within a few weeks of the end of the competition—first season vocal group winner Sawyer Brown , first season male vocalist champion Sam Harris and second season male vocalist champion Durell Coleman were the first three, and were later followed by second season vocal group winner Limited Warranty, third season female vocalist champion Linda Eder , second season junior male vocalist champion Jimmy Salvemini, whose album
2077-443: The end of the show. Any performer must win at least several shows in a row, depending on the number of shows left in the season, to earn an entry into the next round of the competition; usually this was three or four wins in a row. In later seasons, three-match winners were automatically retired. In this case, two new performers would compete in that category the following week. In most seasons, two semifinal shows took place, one in
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2144-441: The fall, the other in the spring, prior to the championship show. Each semifinal used seven judges. No scoring was used, and the judges' votes weren't revealed, but the acts that won their semifinals would then compete in the championship show. On the championship show, winners of Male Vocalist, Female Vocalist, Vocal Group, Comedy, and Dance, were awarded $ 100,000 but no record contract was guaranteed. Many Star Search winners from
2211-474: The first network-owned station in Utah. FTS gained a bulk of stations through the 1997 purchase of New World Communications , succeeding a 1994 business deal between the two companies which led to all of New World's stations switching from other networks to Fox during 1994–95. A significant factor that resulted in Fox's affiliation with, and later purchase of, New World Communications was Fox acquiring TV rights to
2278-608: The fourth and final season, three contestants in Adult Singer, Junior Singer, and Dance were brought back to initially compete (Comedy was dropped, jokingly because Naomi gave many comics only one star). The three brought back in each category were not necessarily the Grand Champions of their season. The show scrapped the celebrity judge and had three house judges for the entire series: Naomi Judd , MC Lyte , and Matti Leshem (who tried to berate contestants as Simon Cowell
2345-576: The helm. Through it, they produced and distributed shows, such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte for the final season) and Star Search . Later, they produced and distributed George & Alana . The company branched out into feature films, and in the span of three years had produced over two dozen. In late 1993, Beverly Hills 90210 star Gabrielle Carteris , through GABCO Productions struck
2412-441: The home audience. In the climactic moment before the score from the home audience was revealed, Hall would often say, "Hit me with the digits!" When the scores were tallied, the higher scoring performer won. If the score was tied, then Hall would read off each performer's score rounded to the nearest hundredth (the at-home score was initially rounded down to the nearest star, unless there was a tie). That performer would then go on to
2479-505: The network from rival WGN-TV in September of that year. MyNetworkTV remained on WPWR as a secondary affiliation until 2019, when the CW affiliation transferred to WCIU-TV . On December 21, 2007, FTS announced that it would sell eight smaller-market stations to Local TV, LLC , a division of Oak Hill Capital Partners . Six of the stations that were sold were ex-New World stations, including
2546-745: The newspaper it had also published, the Boston Herald . In 1989, Fox placed WFXT in a trust company; the following year, it sold the station to the Boston Celtics ' ownership group. News Corporation then later sold the Boston Herald in February 1994, eliminating the potential regulatory conflict with reacquiring WFXT. On October 5, 1994, Fox announced it would exercise the purchase option; it retook control of WFXT on July 7, 1995. In 1990, FTS bought KSTU in Salt Lake City, making it
2613-538: The next round of competition. The only real exception to this format during the first three seasons was that three people competed in the semi-final rounds, not two. After the first three seasons, a special, "Battle of the Best" show took place, where the three Adult Singer, Junior Singer, Comedian, and two Young Dancer Grand Champions (Modeling was only the first season, and Dance had only been around for two seasons) were brought back to face off for an additional $ 100,000. For
2680-482: The only acquired Chris-Craft station during this time that FTS did not trade away or create a duopoly with. The Fox-owned UPN affiliates were not included in the UPN/WB merger (The CW) , which was announced on January 23, 2006. Soon after, these stations removed references to UPN from their on-air branding and websites. On February 22, 2006, FTS announced that all nine of their non-Fox outlets will be charter affiliates of
2747-466: The original single's chart performance. The winner of the Spokesmodel category was awarded $ 100,000 and a contract with a well-known modeling agency. The first Spokesmodel winner was Tracey Ross , who later became a leading actress on the soap opera Passions . Winners of Junior Vocalist, Junior Dance, Teen Vocalist, and Teen Dance win $ 10,000. In early seasons, before the three match limit rule
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2814-1091: The other affiliation changes, most notable was Westinghouse Broadcasting 's affiliation deal with CBS in 1995. This set off a complex trade of Philadelphia stations between CBS/ Westinghouse and NBC ; FTS instead independently bought its own Philadelphia station, WTXF-TV . When New World's sale to Fox closed in 1997, ten stations became Fox owned-and-operated stations: KSAZ-TV in Phoenix ; WTVT in Tampa, Florida ; WAGA-TV in Atlanta; WJBK in Detroit ; KTBC in Austin, Texas ; KDFW in Dallas ; WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri ; KTVI in St. Louis ; WJW in Cleveland ; and WITI in Milwaukee . FTS gained stations through
2881-645: The restructuring that stemmed from the News Corporation /21st Century Fox split, it was announced on July 8, 2013, that 20th Television , which was until that time under FTS, will operate under the management of 20th Century Fox Television . On June 24, 2014, FTS announced it would acquire its existing San Francisco Bay Area affiliate KTVU , along with its duopoly sister independent station KICU-TV , from Cox Media Group in exchange for WFXT in Boston and WHBQ-TV in Memphis. The station sale/trade
2948-569: The same time, a spin-off called Star Search – Das Duell der Stars von Morgen was produced and aired in Germany, but with less success than the more popular show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , the German version of the Idol franchise. Steve Oedekerk appeared with Ed McMahon on a 1989 episode of Full House , where character Joey Gladstone scores a perfect 4 stars, tying Oedekerk, but loses
3015-783: The series outside of the United States, including Arli$ $ , Oz and Sex and the City . The company was closed in 1999 after Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises, allowing Paramount Pictures and its television unit to handle distribution rights. The company's library is incorporated into CBS Media Ventures for television series and Paramount Pictures for films (except The Opposite of Sex ). The company's films and series included Hogan's Heroes (whose partial rights are held by CBS), Ben Casey , Walking Tall , Nash Bridges (continued by Paramount Network Television ), Highlander: The Series , Kingpin , and Big Night . In 1998, Rysher and CBS Productions jointly purchased
3082-539: The seventh Fox-owned property, and the first to be acquired separately from News Corporation's 1986 purchase of Metromedia's six television stations. However, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibited the common ownership of a television station and a newspaper in the same market , News Corporation had to apply for and was granted a temporary waiver in order to retain WFXT and
3149-441: The singing and dancing categories remained. For the first three seasons, two new competitors faced off. The three house judges, along with the one celebrity judge, gave each contestant a score on a scale from one to five stars, making a maximum studio score 20 stars. During each commercial break, the home audience went to www.cbs.com/star to rate the competitors who just performed. Each performer could earn up to another 20 stars from
3216-687: The stations into in September and October 1994 respectively. Under the arrangement, New World owned the licenses of WBRC and WGHP, while its previous owner Citicasters continued to control their operations under outsourcing agreements . In April 1995, Citicasters transferred the operations of WBRC and WGHP to the FTS, which assumed operational control through time brokerage agreements with New World. Both stations were sold directly to Fox three months later on July 22, 1995. FTS also acquired WHBQ-TV in Memphis in an unrelated deal on August 18, 1994. Among
3283-503: The three performers in his or her respective winner's circle. The winner's circle performer then had to beat or tie the bar set by the challenger; ties were automatically given to the Winner's Circle performer. If they couldn't beat the score, they were out of the competition, and the challenger took his or her place in the Winner's Circle. Halfway through the program, the three performers in each Winner's Circle competed against each other in
3350-520: The time prohibited one company from owning two of the four highest-rated stations in a single market. FTS thus traded both KTVX and the former Chris-Craft station KMOL (now WOAI-TV ) in San Antonio to Clear Channel Communications in 2001 in exchange for WFTC in Minneapolis, creating a duopoly for FTS with former Chris-Craft station KMSP-TV . Because KMSP had the stronger signal due to being
3417-655: The two stations that were first acquired by FTS directly in 1995 ( WGHP in High Point, North Carolina and WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama) and four via the 1997 merger ( WDAF-TV in Kansas City, Missouri ; KTVI in St. Louis; WJW in Cleveland; and WITI in Milwaukee. The other three were KSTU in Salt Lake City, and KDVR in Denver and with its satellite station KFCT in Fort Collins, Colorado. The transaction
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#17327724763363484-409: Was acquired by Tribune) back under Fox ownership. On May 9, 2018, Fox announced it would purchase KCPQ, KDVR, KSTU, KTXL in Sacramento, KSWB-TV in San Diego, WJW in Cleveland and WSFL-TV , the CW affiliate for Miami-Fort Lauderdale. The move would give Fox stations in the home markets for the Seattle Seahawks , Denver Broncos , Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins as the network takes over
3551-550: Was acquired by affiliates of Vine Alternative Investments. Viacom merged with CBS Corporation , under the name ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global ), as a single distribution company in December. CBS Media Ventures currently distributes Rysher's television library, while the distribution rights to the film library lie with Paramount Pictures, with Trifecta Entertainment handling North American broadcast television rights. Fox Television Stations Fox Television Stations, LLC (stylized as FOX TV STATIONS ; also known as FTS )
3618-404: Was adopted, the grand champions were determined by how long a champion held their title. While it is believed that Sam Harris holds the record for longest championship, at 14 weeks in Season 1, Harris was actually defeated by singer Beau Williams on Harris' 14th attempt. This record is actually held by singer Durell Coleman (1985), who won the $ 100,000 on Season 2 with 15 wins and no defeats. In
3685-487: Was approved by the FCC on March 11 and completed on April 17. As part of the deal, WJZY became a Fox owned-and-operated station on July 1. The station community believed that the Charlotte station's purchase by FTS is proof that Fox is interested in owning a TV station in NFL markets (specifically those with NFC teams, as Charlotte is ) to up the station groups' "bargaining power in retransmission consent negotiations with cable, satellite and telco operators." As part of
3752-674: Was completed in 2008. In January 2009, NBC Owned Television Stations and FTS set up the first Local News Service with their Philadelphia stations after testing since the summer 2008. Fox and NBC then added other markets where they both own stations. On May 15, 2012, as part of a five-year affiliation agreement extension between Fox and Sinclair Broadcast Group 's 19 Fox affiliates (including company flagship WBFF) that will run through 2017, Fox included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB, exercisable from July 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013. On November 29, 2012, Sinclair exercised its option to purchase WUTB through Deerfield Media . On May 6, 2013,
3819-441: Was completed on October 8, 2014. Fox's motivation for acquiring KTVU was that it was another NFL market with an NFC team . In addition to FTS's aforementioned purchases of Charlotte's WJZY in 2013 and the San Francisco Bay Area's KTVU in 2014, Variety reported that Fox is also interested in acquiring stations in the following other NFL markets: Seattle and St. Louis (the latter's KTVI had previously been owned by Fox, but
3886-478: Was dismissed by the FCC on November 20, 2014. On January 20, 2015, it was announced that Fox Television Stations would be a charter launch partner for Buzzr , a new digital multicast network from Debmar-Mercury and FremantleMedia North America devoted to classic game shows , which launched that June. Later in the year, FTS also agreed to carry Weigel Broadcasting 's Heroes & Icons network on subchannels of 11 major market stations. On April 30, 2017, it
3953-405: Was doing at the time on American Idol ). As in past seasons, two new contestants competed. With only three judges, a score of 15 stars was possible, and ties were broken by a majority vote between the three. This is where the former contestants came in. Initially, in each category, these three performers made up the "Winner's Circle". The winning challenger then had the chance to challenge one of
4020-402: Was included in the 2007 sale to Local TV; with the St. Louis Rams relocating to Los Angeles starting with the 2016 NFL season, there is no word as to whether or not FTS' pursuit of a station in the St. Louis market has diminished). While discussions with Seattle's Fox affiliate KCPQ and its owner Tribune Broadcasting remained ongoing, Fox struck a deal on September 19, 2014, to buy KBCB ,
4087-416: Was later filmed at the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. While categories varied slightly from season to season, the ten basic categories during the 1983–1995 version were: Eight categories were contested per show. Potential contestants auditioned to be on the show. In each category, two selected contestants would compete, a champion and a challenger. The challenger would usually perform first, while
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#17327724763364154-440: Was part of the original transaction but was spun off to the Hearst Broadcasting subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation in a separate, concurrent deal as part of a right of first refusal related to that station's 1982 sale to Metromedia. Because Metromedia, originally known as Metropolitan Broadcasting at its founding, was spun off from the failed DuMont Television Network , radio personality Clarke Ingram has suggested that
4221-425: Was produced by Luther Vandross , fourth season male vocalist champion David Slater , and third season junior female vocalist runner-up Tiffany . Despite not winning her competition (she lost to Melissa Moultrie), Tiffany, performing as 'Tiffany Renee,' was the first Star Search alumna to land a #1 hit, with her cover of the Top 5 Tommy James and the Shondells hit " I Think We're Alone Now " —actually improving on
4288-581: Was reported that 21st Century Fox was in talks to form a similar joint venture with Ion Media in an effort to counter Sinclair and displace Fox affiliations from their stations; analysts felt that the proposed partnership was meant as a bargaining ploy against Sinclair, as it would have to make significant investments into the acquired stations to make them profitable and capable of producing local news programming (Ion stations have historically had few employees or local infrastructure), and that Fox risked losing viewers through these transitions. In January 2018,
4355-440: Was reported that 21st Century Fox was in talks to purchase Tribune Media in a joint venture with the Blackstone Group . On May 7, 2017, it was reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group was nearing a deal to purchase Tribune Media, and that 21st Century Fox had dropped its bid for the company. The deal was officially announced the next day. (However, on August 9, 2018, Tribune canceled the Sinclair deal.) On August 2, 2017, it
4422-543: Was set to lose Fox programming to that market's longtime CBS affiliate, New World's KDFW . New World was also expanded its own broadcasting holdings in 1994 by buying other stations groups, but its combined purchases ran afoul with the FCC's media ownership rules at the time prohibiting a single company from owning more than twelve television stations nationwide. New World thus established a trust company in preparation for its sale of WGHP in High Point, North Carolina and WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama , which it would place
4489-402: Was traded to the Meredith Corporation in exchange for WOFL in Orlando, Florida, creating a duopoly with former Chris-Craft station WRBW . FTS then traded former Chris-Craft station KBHK (now KPYX ) in San Francisco to Viacom for UPN stations KTXH in Houston and WDCA in Washington, D.C., creating duopolies with original Fox-owned stations KRIV and WTTG, receptively. WUTB in Baltimore was
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